| fabric type |
LIL-A-2
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| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Lilibeo / Lilybaion |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour red, texture middle fine, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, grey, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
red 10 R 5/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.6 (vughy), 0.6 (channel) |
| inclusions |
20%, length: <0.04-0.48, 1 x 0.8, 1x 1.2 |
| sorting |
moderately sorted sand |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, clear, grey, reddish brown, 0.06-0.8 |
|
mica |
infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, 0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-1.2 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.12-0.32 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.08-0.2 |
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